TheMightyEthan Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 PC manufacturers adding all their bloatware is bad enough, now MS does it too? The first thing I've always done with a new laptop is a wipe and fresh windows install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 No bloatware on my new laptop from Xotic PC, actually. It was quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 MS have a bunch of older PC titles, heck even some F2P newer stuff like Age of Empires, why not use something like that? Are you really unaware of how popular Candy Crush Saga is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Nope, never heard of it before now... There's loads of popular shit, why force this into the install? If it's popular stick it on the Store n let folks grab it for themselves who want it. What is improved about Windows 10 by having a popular mobile phone game included as part of it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Nope, never heard of it before now... There's loads of popular shit, why force this into the install? If it's popular stick it on the Store n let folks grab it for themselves who want it. What is improved about Windows 10 by having a popular mobile phone game included as part of it? What is improved about Windows 10 by having a popular iSCIS initiator included as part of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Because companies use it? Same as there's likely still the fax tools included too. Bonus with that is it's likely only a few hundred kb at most, whereas CCS is 46MB on phone and likely much not smaller on PC, which given the whole issue with Windows 8 being too big on Surface tablets, you'd think they wouldn't want to fatten it up with crap like CCS which is easily grabbed by those that want it off the store. Maybe if they wanted to put in a tile or something that encourages folks to come to the store n use it with CCS as a carry on a stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 My point is that *someone* will find value in a pre-installed application or utility. Certainly more people have played this game than people have used iSCSI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Microsoft are showing just how much they care about PC gaming with Windows 10 which means it'll come with hugely popular game....Candy Crush Saga! http://news.xbox.com/2015/05/games-candy-crush-saga-is-coming-to-windows-10 They even make frequent reference to its role as a mobile game too. MS have a bunch of older PC titles, heck even some F2P newer stuff like Age of Empires, why not use something like that? We can delete it, right? We're not stuck with it, right? Candy Crush may be free but it is NOT WELCOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I was going to post "But, it's the new Minecraft!", then realized something was wrong. Of course, it's Minesweeper, not Minecraft! I then loaded up Minesweeper on my laptop (Windows 7), and woah. Apparently it had been redesigned for Windows 7. How could I have not seen that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 My point is that *someone* will find value in a pre-installed application or utility. Certainly more people have played this game than people have used iSCSI. More people have played Minecraft too, might as well slap that in as well. Anything that "someone" will find value in. Pretty sure there's no value added in having a match 3 game pre-installed, not even in the case of Minesweeper/Solitaire as a "teaching computer basics" (especially when it's a ported over phone game). "Someone" finding value in an application is a pretty low barrier of entry. The barrier for entry here is kickbacks to MS, and it's not like we're gonna play dumb on that one. Adverts in windows 8, F2P in Windows 10. It's a wee bit concerning on their methods of generating revenue from the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Microsoft are showing just how much they care about PC gaming with Windows 10 which means it'll come with hugely popular game....Candy Crush Saga! http://news.xbox.com/2015/05/games-candy-crush-saga-is-coming-to-windows-10 They even make frequent reference to its role as a mobile game too. MS have a bunch of older PC titles, heck even some F2P newer stuff like Age of Empires, why not use something like that? We can delete it, right? We're not stuck with it, right? Candy Crush may be free but it is NOT WELCOME. In Windows 8 you could uninstall everything but the store itself so I assume it's the same here. If not, stay tuned for Windows 10.1! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 So...once you install Windows 10 you can't install an alternate OS? Am I reading this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 So...once you install Windows 10 you can't install an alternate OS? Am I reading this right? This won't affect 1) people who build their own computers and 2) people who really care what OS they're running as they won't buy from a manufacturer that does this. Assuming that they just don't do it like Win 8, anyway. There are laptops that come with Linux pre-installed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Yeah, that only applies to people who buy a prebuilt computer, and it's probably a complete non-issue for those people. Also, if I'm reading that correctly, even then it would only create an issue for people who want to compile their own OS, it will still let you boot other OS's that have a security certificate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 It's coming 29th July http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/01/windows-10-is-available-july-29/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Woo, gonna put it on my laptop from 2009 and see how it do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) have they said anything about doing a clean install? after the nightmare last time I almost feel like giving up in advance and just doing an update. edit: just listened to the cortana announcement, and does it sound that natural when you're using it? Edited June 1, 2015 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 From what I can find it's about as natural as the Google Maps navigation voice on my Android phone: pretty good most of the time until it starts saying numbers/street names with NSEW in them/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 I bought a cheap Asus laptop because I wanted to see how Windows 8 worked, so I'll install Windows 10 on that. Sadly the laptop was too cheap to be any good, even after I upgraded the ram. I'm excited to try out Windows 10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Did I hear right about a subscription fee, like Office 365? What I have read dances around the subject, but it's a deal killer for me upgrading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 They'd have to be insane to charge a subscription for an os wouldn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 AFAIK the subscription rumours are/were just that. Also for cost Windows is usually at a price point lower than the basic Office version and Office 365 is £80 a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 "A new license of Windows 10 will cost $119 when it’s released next month. That’s essentially the same pricing scheme as Windows 8, with the Pro edition costing $199. But if you already have Windows 7 or 8 installed, then the update is free." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know if you'll be able to reinstall windows 10 at your leisure if you get the "free upgrade" ?Edited to add: I also have the user folder redirected to a another internal hard drive...I'd hope the upgrade will be able to leave that as it is, right?Also like that win 7 pro gets win 10 pro. Really fair, MS. Edited June 2, 2015 by Vecha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I do to, I'm sure the upgrade will be able to deal with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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